Uh... does katana count? Or English longsword?

Is this just a thread about what is your favorite knife or...


as always "best" is a matter of opinion

 

A properly used stick is better than any knife in the hands of someone who is not able to use it correctly.

 

My .357

lead beats scissors

 

When there's no lead...



I won't argue about that, but when you don't have or can't use a handgun and a knife is needed, I'd say go with whatever feels good in your hand, that has at least a four-inch blade... and double edge is nice. Are you trained at all, or are you just bringing a knife along to hand over to the assailant who is? As to my preference, I try to rely more on my LPCs... leather personnel carriers... I'm outta there! If I can't run, I've got my standard sized Gerber boot knife.

 

My first picks... the two on the outside... Randall Made... #14 Attacks (with different handle shapes) both full-tang bastages. Do love 'em so. There are very few knives... stronger than these. BAR NONE.

Next... the #1 Fighters... the two on either side of my lady... my Iron Mistress... (the large knife in the center).

I have larger knives like my lady... but they are much harder to weld with deftness. I have smaller knives... but I do not relish gettin' that close. Seen some knife fights... rather messy affairs... but not happy about the results and my nightmares afterwards.

Trust me on this... you do not want to participate in a knife-fight. Get a friggin' gun.

 

Trust me on this... you do not want to participate in a knife-fight. Get a friggin' gun.

A lot of cities don't allow friggin' guns and they don't allow any of the knives you showed...Btw very nice....lol

 

the one that doesn't make you look like a psycho (ie doesn't look like a purpose built "fighting" knife) when the cops show up and its up to the hilt in your attackers chest,
or a gun, where its legal,
between the nature of my job and living in a hicktown i can carry a decent mid sized fixed blade about 90% of the time, but if your in a city and somebody sees it you could have problems just because people are idiots,

 

Well, let's keep it to knives, no swords...and no guns, this is a knife thread. Inside 21 or 10 feet, your gn
may not be what you think it is.
Best down and dirty street fighting knife that your life would depend on.

 

Yeah... but some of us... feel as though you are asking for a no-win situation... and I will not stand-by for this. Mister... down and dirty... is the ULTIMATE result for either participant.

What should I do?

 

I like the feel of the Fairbairn-Sykes commando knife,

 

A stiletto is not good... unless you are an assassin. It is great for covert throat-stickin. Just not good in a mano-a-mano.

 

This sounds more like something asked on the playground in the 4th grade. The best knife for a fight is the one you leave the idiot holding while you get the hell out of dodge if you are unarmed.

 

You made me laugh so hard. :thumb:

 

Pepper spray and a gun.

Knives are for peeling oranges and opening boxes.

 

I like that...

 

bowie, clip point

 

Watch the TV show... Justified tonight. It will answer any questions about knife-fighting... or the "21-foot rule".

But don't ask me how I know....

Just sayin'...

 

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDGHKyB3T_U

Watch the video... there is nothing about knife-fighting combat in the vid. The eloquent Englishman is describing an attempt at "assassination", resulting in the broken-arm of an assailant. He is a hoot... I respect him so. But nothing there to reflect knife-fighting combat.

 

Karambit. Very hard to disarm a skilled user.

 

I like my Buck 119+ but then there is this;

 

"What is the Best down and dirty street Fighting Knife?"

You really need to stop listening and watching the big O, street fighting today involves guns! Close combat with a knife is an art, and if you're not astute enough to handle it, give it up and use a gun! In a knife fight "that is down and dirty"!

 

AMEN...

I am through with this thread. After witnessin' quarts... AND I MEAN QUARTS... of blood on the landscape... I would not wish to encourage knife-fightin'...

UNLESS IT IS AN ABSOLUTE LAST RESORT. Please remember how this thread started... Saving Private Ryan. The more powerfully-armed knife-welder...against a weaker, unarmed knife-fighter... WILL ALWAYS OVERCOME. Disturbing conclusion... but if you are gonna climb in this arena... best get yore mind right... and yore sorry a$$ in gear... and be ready to run.

blacknumbers

 

I carry two, when I carry.

Open carry a OKC-3S bayonet: Amazon.com: Ontario 6504 OKC3S Marine Bayonet (Brown): Sports & Outdoors

Pocket clip carry a Spyderco C08 Harpy: Amazon.com: Spyderco C08S Harpy Lockback Knife: Sports & Outdoors

But I don't actually knife fight. I'm a believer in avoiding if possible, leaving if I can't avoid, and if I can't do either of those, I don't 'fight', I close and disable. No dancing around, no thrust and parry, just charge, deflect the gun or knife, use my body weight to take them to the ground, and slash/stab until the attacker in incapable of hurting me.

Never had to do it for real, but that is the way I train. Never had any opponent mark me.

Just my opinion.

 

. Never had any opponent mark me.

That is awesome. Most of my fof with knife, both have marks all over us.,,lol

 

Randall Model 14.

"Good in attack and defense." Says the Persev.

"Finest steel. Honed by hand on natural stones..by masters." Says the knife store proprietor.

 

Tis a Fool's errand my friends, After much household discussion: The only way to be involved in a knive fight is to fail in your intial knive attack.

 

There is only one way to start a knife attack. Dream on if you like. This has nothing to do with Ninja's. It's called being a victim. You just became one.

No warning, No Noise, No chance to see me, Hunters are ambushers. Ever called out to your quarry to warn them you where coming? As you take your last silent breath in my hands, then you know you have been attacked. REAL-REAL.JMHO

Real ninja, ain'tcha! The mall called and they want you to prance about in your BDUs in front of the Call of Duty display--there's some 14 yr old that needs to be impressed.

If you are using a knife correctly the person is stuck before they know it is a knife fight.

Then that isn't a knife fight but an assassination or sentry removal or prison shanking or whatever you want to call the attack but they are not the gist or nub of the thread.

 

So what would you have used in your initial attack?

After thinking on this, I'd just 'stick' with my Buck 119 or Marine knife. Nuf said.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BUCK-119-fixed-blade-knife-/121277852909?pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item1c3cb92ced


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ontario-Air-Force-Leather-Handle-Survival-Knife-499/131142141580?_trksid=p2050601.m2372&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D207%26meid%3D5583922303376347420%26pid%3D100085%26prg%3D1112%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D121277852909%26%26clkid%3D5583923552926628554&_qi=RTM1562571

 

After thinking on this, I'd just 'stick' with my Buck 119 or Marine knife. Nuf said.

9/11, etc, showed us that a regular box cutter does a lot of damage.

 

either a Arkansas toothpick style blade or if you have ever seen one, a Russian ballistic Knife.....

 

I used to have a ballistic knife( they're illegal now). Imo, a novelty. Why would you launch a perfectly good blade? Then all you have is the handle( and they have the blade). Btw, it wasn't that strong, at 10 ft, it'd barely stick into 1/4" plywood.

 

Personal experience was a Gerber Mark II. I have a model 14, recon tanto, Ka-bar and a host of others. Actual knife fights are bad news. I find it very hard to believe two dudes fought Mano y Mano and one didnt get cut.

If I picked one today, it would be the recon tanto.

 

With all Respect to those that think they can, A SOG PE to the base of the skull between the spinal vert on an upward angle to the MA (APPLE) is an effective intial attack.(Full size KA-BAR or Ontario U/F better) RESPONSE= NOTHING. jmho.

 

Real knife attacks.

 

How real, BOTTOM LINE: I Win, that means you lose.

Real knife attacks]

No warning, No Noise, No chance to see me, Hunters are ambushers. Ever called out to your quarry to warn them you where coming? As you take your last silent breath in my hands, then you know you have been attacked. REAL-REAL.JMHO

 

I hate to dampen the testosterone, but the OP was about knife fighting. Not Ninja attacks.

 

Ninja, consider your options.



There is only one way to start a knife attack. Dream on if you like. This has nothing to do with Ninja's. It's called being a victim. You just became one.

 

The Best

It's much more important Who is holding the knife than the actual knife but in my opinion The Gerber MK2 or the Sykes Farbairn with the latter being my over all favorite.

 

After I left the service I needed money to cover the costs of my education, so I got into bouncing and had another job as a security contractor. What I found is, that some people have no finicky taste at all when it comes to knives. People carry whatever is available for them, stuff like kitchen knives, cheap (or not so cheap) hunting knives, different types of folders, or even antique and valuable daggers (that is quite rare, but God's zoo is big and the fence is low, so...).

The ones who meant real business, mostly carried something with a blade similar to a boning knife or a CS Spike. The really disgusting characters have cheapo stuff, because they will ditch it after use. I have a scar on my posterior forearm, a souvenir from a gypo with a 10 bucks worth chinese automatic.

Back to your original question. Do you have any formal training in edged weapons combat? I mean no offence, but I don't think so, because that would give you some ideas which direction to take. Are you a 7 ft. tall bear of a man, or is your stature closer to Vanessa Mae? : Do you prefer "fencing style" or close-in work? Ever trained in boxing (maybe a Kabar TDI)?

What about an integrated system, something like a handgun- backup knife- defensive folder- Surefire combo? Just don't forget the importance of transition. Visit a SouthNarc course, he is very good when it comes to teaching someone how to build an integrated SD profile.

And here is an idea for a good tool: